07.11.12

Summertime

I’ve been enjoying a summer visit from my sister and her two girls, a 6-year-old who would like to be a teenager, and a 1-year-old who just wants to toddle around unsteadily and eat everything in sight.

I was just looking back at the past few days…

Here we have Lilly the Intrigued, the Content, and the Visionary

 

Sara Beth was excited about having a sister – one of the pluses being that they could dress alike and look like “twins”.  I’m not sure that the enthusiasm for matching clothes will last much longer, so I documented this last night just as it was getting dark…
(In the middle one she’s saying, “This is hopeless.”  Because, you know, 1-year-olds don’t always want to stay in one place and look where she tells them to.)

 

There’s an inverse tooth situation going on here:

 

When I visited in April for the birthdays, she sat with her feet crossed and her hands clasped and her cheeks sucked in at all times.  I loved it and it’s already going away!  The ankles still cross sometimes though…  her poor little eczema ankles…

 

See you again soon-

 

 

 

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07.08.12

geese, ducks, and 106 degrees

I love hearing stories about these two boys, and was so, so excited to meet them in person.  They were visiting from out of town, but were the kind of family I’d love to live next door to.  Wish I could see more of them!

It was 106 degrees on a Saturday afternoon, and we had the pond to ourselves.  (Well, except for a very colorful Quinceanera which paraded through at one point.  If you see the older brother staring into the distance with a puzzled/thoughtful look, he was probably watching a girl in a bright orange gown dance around amongst the ducks for the her pre-party video.)  I was much impressed with these two in the heat – they kept finding new ways to play, with no complaining!

Thanks, guys!  You’re pretty terrific.

 

 


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06.27.12

an afternoon spent at home

“But the wild things cried, “Oh please don’t go – we’ll eat you up – we love you so!”
-Maurice Sendack

 

I would be really sad writing this post about saying goodbye to good friends, if at the same time I weren’t also so glad for knowing them.

Seven years ago I was very very late for an event (partially because a certain someone, ahem, this girl right here, had taken me with her to a birthday party and then couldn’t be dragged away from a certain young man she had met, also featured in the previous post), and so I got the only seat left, at a table with Leigh here.
It’s funny to look back on the chance events that bring certain people into your lives.  Like that that birthday party was in a neighborhood that was hosting a parade, and while that was going on, one friend was meeting her future husband, not realizing that when we left a little late there would be a major traffic jam, and we would actually be a lot late, and so I end up sitting with another future friend.  At the time she was a single girl living in her first home – this same house seen below.  And, as you can see, Leigh made some changes at a quick rate!  They’re now moving on and away, so I went over to take a few pictures of the kids outside of the house, and then stayed with them while they played in all their favorite places.  Just to remember some of those every day moments they had in this home.
  
I’ll miss this home, myself.  I’ve been there feeling my worst, and always left feeling 100 times better.  They’re so warm and welcoming, they can defeat any bad mood!  So I guess what I’m saying is, I’ll miss them all a lot.  Friends like this are rare, so, thanks, friends!  For your time here.  I’m looking forward to the next chapter, and visiting you in your new home.

 

 

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Megan CarsonJune 28, 2012 - 10:56 pm

Beautiful home. Beautiful family. Beautiful pictures. I love these four just as much as you do, Jennifer. I too have benefited from their friendship and care. I’ll miss visiting them in Atlanta.